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Photos
from the Festival
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Keith Rommel,
Paul Lonardo and Dean Warren.
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Bill Dougherty,
Diana Barron, Patty G. Henderson and Becki McNeel, Ph.D, publisher of
Barclay Books (standing).
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Authors of all
things scary. (left to right) Dave Lapham, Richard Lee Byers, Karen Harvey,
Steve Alten, and Hugh B. Cave.
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Holding court
at Halloween Fest. (left to right) Vince Courtney, Dave Lapham, Richard
Lee Byers, Karen Harvey, Steve Alten, and Hugh B. Cave.
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John Urbancik
and Bill Dougherty listen closely as a fan explains the true meaning of
horror.
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The friendly
people from Orlando Ghost Tours know how to party.
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Milt Thomas
(back to camera), Steve Alten, Hugh B. Cave.
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Matt Costello
proves that horror writers know how to count.
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Dave Lapham
and Richard Lee Byers silently ponder the future of The Spice Girls.
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Adam-Troy Castro
and his inflatable sidekick.
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John Urbancik
chats with H. Brantly McNeel, M.D., CEO of Barclay Books.
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One of the lively
authors panels that was held during Halloween Fest 2001. (Left to Right)
Drew Williams (standing), Jeff VanderMeer, Garrett Peck, James A. Moore,
Steve Alten, and Vince Courtney.
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Actor, stuntman,
and author Jeff Moldovan arrived late for the festivities on Saturday,
but was on hand Friday evening to help lead a group of early arrivals
through the haunted Townsend's Plantation in Apopka.
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The crew from
the hit radio show The Sci-Fi Files were on hand to party and interview
authors. (L-R) Frank, Meredith, and Joey.
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John Stavely
(Ghost Tours of St. Augustine) entertained the crowd with some spooky
storytelling.
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Evening
Festivities
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Friday Night:
Guests arriving early for Halloween Fest 2001 gathered together for dinner,
and were then treated to a special candlelight tour of Townsend's Plantation
in Apopka. The historic plantation house is reputed to be haunted, and
is closed to the public, so the horror authors had the ghosts, spiders,
and cobwebs all to themselves.
Saturday: After
the festivities at the bookstore, the guests enjoyed dinner at P.F. Chang's
China Bistro. Many of the guests then headed to downtown Orlando to take
part in an interactive walking tour hosted by ORLANDO GHOST TOURS. Not
only did they learn about the history and hauntings of old Orlando, they
were given the opportunity to search for ghosts in the old courthouse
using modern scientific equipment.
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Jim Moore and
Mike Conrad hunt for ghosts using scientific equipment while the others
in the group look on.
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Another reason
why the old courthouse in Orlando is spooky at night: Ted Bundy carved
his name in this desk while standing trial for murder.
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Ghost hunting,
or seeing whose is bigger?
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Is John Urbancik
looking for ghosts, or looking at the ladies?
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Jim Moore was
a bad boy during the ghost tour, so we made him stand in the corner.
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